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'lO ALL WIIOM IT MAY OONCAERNQ4 Be it known that I, DANIEL BJSPINNING, of Brooklyn, ,Kings county, New York, have Ainvented a new and useful improvement in` Fruit and .Poultry-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, which will enable'lothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of my improved box when expanded.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the same. i

Figure is a longitudinal vertical section of the same when folded.

Figure l is a vertical cross-section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a novel manner of constructing boxes of that kind which are usedl for transporting fruit, poultry, vegetables, or other articles to market, and which are so arranged that they can be folded together, when to be transported backempty to the farms or places whence they were sent. Although these boxes will be slightly more expensive to construct than those now in use, the reduction of return freight will in a few trips more than twice repay the di'erenee.

The box is made of seven pieces. w One bottoni, A, two side piecee, B B, two end pieces, O C', and two covering pieces, D and E. All of these pie'ces may be slotted or perforated, or be made solid, as may bedesired. The bottom is provided with upright flanges a a, to whichthe end pieces C O are hinged, loy'hinges b `Zi. '.lhe

side pieces B B are hinged Vdirectly1 to4 the sides .of the bottom, by means of hinges c c. .When thehox is expanded the upper parts of the side and'end pieces are connected by means of hooks and eyes d d, with which they are provided, as is clearly shown in iig. 1. The rear piece C isprolvid'ed with two long staples, e e, which extend from its upper to its lower edge, ornearly so, and on the sides of which strips ff are secured to the outside of C', so that the said staples are apparently arranged in grooves,I as shown in fig. 2. The cover consists of two pieces, the rear piece D, and the front piece E, which are connected by hinges, and which are provided with flanges, which overlap the front and the sides of thebox. To the rear edge'of` the piece D are secured -two slotted plates, g g, which are clearly shown in Iig. 2, and through the slots of which thestaples e e aretted. These parts and 'q do thus form the hinge and connection' between the cover Yand the back piece C'. From lthe front of the plate E is snspended a platetywhich its over a staple, z', on the front board C, so that the box can be locked, by passing'the shackle of a padlock through the staple z'. When'to be folded the cover is first folded together, and is then-turned up and moved down on the staples a e. yIhe hooks and eyes d d are then opened, and then'the side pieces B B are folded down upon the bottom A, as shown in lig. 4. Then the end pieces C Of are folded upon-the side pieces, (see fig. 3,) and finally the cover is opened and' laidwovcr the whole, as is clearly shown in fig. 3. A staple, j, in the front flange a, pcrinits, in connection with the staple i, the locking of the box, even in this position. I-Iandles are provided on the sides of the pieces B B, as shown.

What I claim as n ew,rand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The manner of connecting the cover to the back C of the box, by means of staples e e and slotted plates g g, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A folding-box, when made of the pieces A, B B, C C, D, and E, all being made, hinged, connected, and fastened substantially in the manner herein shown and described.

DANIEL B. SPINNING.

' Witnesses:-

WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. Ronnn'rs. 

